AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 547 
Further Wood Field, near Sheep Lane, on the 
north side of Sheep Brook. 
The Road is found again, in an old lane, called 
Turncroft: Lane, on the east side of Parr Brow. 
The ridge of the Roman Road crosses the Turn- 
croft Lane; and, the line of the Roman Road is 
closely paved. 5 
The gravel and stones of the Roman Road, are 
very visible in the Rough Field, which is part of 
Cleworth Hall Estate. The name of this field 
shows, that it had remained, for a long time, in a 
rough and uncultivated state ; and, by this means, 
the Roman Road, in this field, has partially 
escaped the ravages of improvement. The line 
of the Roman Road, from Moseley Common, has 
been gradually leaving the direction towards 
Wigan, and inclining northward, that it might 
avoid the hill on which Cleworth Hall and Tyl- 
desley stand; but, at the Rough Field, the Ro- 
man Road returns to the direction of Wigan. 
From the Rough Field, the Roman Road runs 
directly across the Cleworth Hall Estate. And, 
here the Road seems to have been covered with 
a thick and broad coat of Blue Shale ; which has 
now become a belt of Blue Clay, about a foot in 
